Hi, I cant get x to start when I choose either the linux drivers that I can choose during the install or after I install the ati driver rpm from their website. Always tells me no screens found, only way it will start is with a generic vesa driver. How do I get this thing to work?

ATI doesn't make things easy.

After you install the RPM from the website you have to hand edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file to use the "fglrx" driver instead of the stock Xfree86 "ati" driver. The easiest way to do this will be the following:

Get the normal GUI working with the vesa driver so you'll have that working, now, also backup your existing /etc/X11/XF86Config file somewhere.

Now, its time to get out of X-windows so we can configure it:

init 3

log in as root.

X -configure

That'll create a test file called: /root/XF86Config.new

Edit the .new file and change "ati" under driver in the card section to read "fglrx". To edit it, I'm a big fan of pico, it acts a lot like an archaic word processor, most of the commands are on the bottom of the terminal. Then run the test:

X -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new

To get out of the test (if it succeeds), ctrl+alt+backspace.
If it fails, well, post up the log: /var/log/XFree86.o.log and/or edit in your monitor settings into that test file and try again.

Cheers,

Finegan